Comments on: Speaking of Splurging

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 22:42:50 +0000

In reply to Sue. Hi Sue! You've got me stumped! What does Carolyn help you splurge on? I knew Sharon was a splurge inducer, but not Carolyn!

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:25:25 +0000

My favorite splurge has something to do with your daughter Carolyn! Miss you Julie…but will be catching up soon!

By: Ganeida

Ganeida — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 04:30:20 +0000

Kay in C: How lovely! I know there is a real resurgence of indigenous languages in both Wales, Scotland & Ireland. I have Irish friends whose boys are definitely not language oriented & have not been happy to be stuck with years of learning Irish at school. We'll blame the demise of these lovely languages on the Saess! ;) My area of history is pre~Christian Celtic Britain so I am aware of some of the old kingdom boundaries such as parts of the Lake district being under the control of Welsh Kings & that most of Scotland is either Irish or Norse. lol And that Glastonbury was under water at one time. I should love to come back. My heart's desire is to be part of a dig at Skara Brae. Fascinating. We live on a literal island & indeed things move slowly here ~ expect in our house which is a madhouse & mostly reminiscent of Bedlam...

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 18:46:57 +0000

In reply to Carolyn. I think we ARE in the same family...last time I checked, I grew you! xoxoxo

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:49:40 +0000

We must be related because without a doubt I’d pick a maid and massages!

By: Kay in Cornwall, UK

Kay in Cornwall, UK — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:51:48 +0000

Hello again Ganeida! I thought I had responded to your last comment, but something must have gone wrong with my email.:(
Cornish and Welsh are very similar, in fact they share 65% of language. I’ve been told that many, many years ago Cornwall and Wales were joined by land but although I don’t know if that’s true, it would make a lot of sense regarding the language. When we visit our daughter and son-in-law in Pontypridd, Wales, we feel very much at home. Here in the Duchy, most town signs and road names are given in both Cornish and English. There are quite a few fluent Cornish speakers here, but alas I’m not one of them. I only know a few words/phrases. I tried evening classes but I am most definitely a visual learner and as the classes were predominantly audio I found they didn’t work for me.
You were right in your previous comment that Cornwall used to be a separate kindom. (Kernow bys vykken! – Cornwall forever!) Cornish people are very aware of their identity and as we are only joined to England by a short strip of land there is definitely an island mentality here. One of our favourite words is ‘dreckly’ and a former Cornish M.P. best described its meaning as, ‘dreckly is similar to manyana but without the urgency’! Things move slowly here and we like it this way. 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed your visit here. Tourism is now our biggest industry, having replaced tin mining. Now if only you and Julie could come here for a visit ….

By: Ganeida

Ganeida — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:03:03 +0000

Ok, Kay in Cornwall, I know the last fully Cornish speaker has died [ ;P ] so tell me, is Cornish like Gaelic or Irish [both Celtic languages] or is it more like Welsh? Or is it completely separate? And where did you learn to speak it?

By: Kay in Cornwall, UK

Kay in Cornwall, UK — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:46:37 +0000

Ganeida,
Mur plas ha deth da! (Thanks and g’day!)
🙂

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:33:10 +0000

In reply to Ganeida. Hahahahaha!

By: Ganeida

Ganeida — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:53:41 +0000

I’ll let you know how this goes…

Probably not well. lol All the best with that. 😉